Allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on your presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of South Africa, my brother Ambassador Jerry Matjila, for his exemplary leadership in guiding the work of the Council …
As I am taking the floor for the first time during your presidency, Madam, allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to sincerely congratulate you on your stewardship of the Security Council’s work for the month of August. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, the representative of Peru, on his …
At the outset, I would like to offer my prayers and heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims in today’s terrorist attacks in Mogadishu in this holy month of Ramadan, which injured or took the lives of innocent civilians, including my mentor, former Minister for Foreign Aff…
At the outset, I would like to offer my prayers and heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Kenya, New Zealand and my own country, Somalia, which injured and took the lives of many innocent civilians, including my brother Saqar Ibrahim A…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the
Security Council for this month and to assure you of my full support. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the new members of the Council and to wish them every success in their term.
I would l…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We are confident in your leadership and wish you every success in fulfilling your duties. I would also like to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative o…
I would like to warmly congratulate you, Madam President, on the accession of your country, the United States of America, to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. I wish you every success in your leadership.
I also wish to thank Mr. Keating, Special Representative of th…
As this is the first time I speak before the Council under your leadership, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month and to pledge our full support and cooperation to you and your team. I would also like to acknowledge the role of your predecesso…
The Federal Government of Somalia was pleased to host the visit of Ambassador Kairat Umarov, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, and other Committee members to Mogadishu on 8 May. The Committee members were briefed on some signifi…
As this is the first time that my delegation addresses the Security Council during your presidency, Madam President, allow me to begin by congratulating you and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I wish you every success in your leaders…
It is an honour for me to speak again before the Security Council today. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I wish to assure you of my delegation’s full support during your term in of…
Please allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to acknowledge the successful tenure of your predecessor and the positive role he played in leading the Council last month.
The Federal Government of S…
I am pleased to be addressing members of the Security Council today at this meeting on Somalia’s behalf. At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Umarov for his efforts, as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, to advance
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At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. We are confident that your able leadership will guide the Council in the right direction.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia would like …
It is a great honour to be addressing the Security Council today on behalf of Somalia. I am delighted to be sharing our experiences with our key partners, all of whom have stood by our nation and our people in our greatest period of need.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary…
First, I want to welcome the adoption of resolution 2372 (2017), renewing the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). I would also like to thank the United Kingdom, as the penholder, for negotiating and drafting the resolution.
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to speak before…
I wanted to say that many people are disappearing these days as a result of the reign of terror and oppression inflicted upon the people of Ethiopia by the bloodthirsty Addis Ababa regime. They are fleeing by the thousands from the very tragic situation that exists there to Sudan, to my country and …
The refugees are fleeing from Ethiopia en masse. There are thousands ofthem in Sudan and thousands more in Djibouti, and many of them have fled from the reign ofterror and oppression to Europe. Is Somalia responsible for that-
In exercise of the right of reply to the statement we have just heard from the representative of Ethiopia, I would make the following comments and observations.
463. My delegation would like at the outset to reject categorically the malicious allegations made against its country by the representati…